Back in 2013, MuckRock’s Mara Berg requested office apparel guidelines from several federal agencies, including the Central Intelligence Agency. One by one, these agencies responded, and we even wrote about their respective acceptance of short pants, but true to form, the CIA kept delaying, and delaying, and delaying - until just last month, when the Agency finally released their long-awaited dress code, revealed that … they didn’t have a dress code.

Many defense agencies and military branches are less-than-revealing about their internal practices. But when it comes to what’s appropriate workplace clothing, a number have opened up their collars a bit.